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Naughty, Naughty Man Gets Arrested for Telling Kids Santa Isn't Real- Do you think he got what he deserved?

So
many times there is no justice in the world when people are just jerks.
There are typically no laws against rude, selfish behavior, and so the
assholes of the world go about ruining things for the rest of us with no
repercussions. Once in awhile, however, they get just what they
deserve, like this 24-year-old man recently did when he started trying
to dash the Christmas dreams of some kids at a parade.

According to the Toronto Star,
the man, who hasn't been identified (but should be so he can be
publicly taunted as well), was drunk and belligerent at an annual Santa
Claus parade in Kingston, Ontario. Then he started yelling his
Grinch-like declaration, "Santa isn't real!"

It makes me seethe just reading about it. The fact that the paper reports that his hair was gelled to looked like two devil horns is not so surprising.

But this time good triumphed over evil, and police arrested him.
Not for crushing Christmas dreams officially, but rather for creating a
disturbance by being drunk and breach of probation. Still the message
was clear. A rep from the police there, Const. Steve Koopman, said: “It
was pretty despicable that someone, during this time of the year, would
tell kids Santa isn’t real — which of course we would argue."

Despicable indeed. I have no delusions that we can keep our children in bubbles forever, but there are just some places strangers should never go.

A
friend once told me that she will never waiver from her message to her
children, "If you don't believe, you don't receive," even when they're
grown. I've adopted that philosophy as well and see no reason to ever
tell them any differently if they're 4 or 40. Other parents approach it
differently, and that's fine, but as far as I'm concerned there's too
little magic in the world as it is.

While
you can't stop kids from telling each other what they think they know
(and yes, I am still pissed at a certain boy from second grade who tried
to dash my son's dreams, but failed), it's different when it comes from
adults who should know better. It's just mean, plain and simple.

So
I love that this guy got arrested. And I hope he knows that he's going
to have to work really hard if he has any chances of getting off the
naughty list. There's going to be coal in his stocking for a long time
to come!

He got what he deserved for being drunk and beligerent but technically he told the kids the truth. My kids all believed in Santa but I wouldnt want someone going to jail for telling them otherwise. I mean just a question, but would he have gone to jail for telling them Jesus wasn't real? Again, being publicly intoxicated was a good enough reason for him to go to jail

I may be in the minority here, but I don't think it was really that big of a deal for him to say santa wasn't real. Now the being drunk in public, yeah, that was wrong. I've told my son before that santa is make believe, he still chooses to believe even though I've never told him to. not a big deal honestly.

He got arrested and charged properly. Children finding out Santa isn't real is not the worst thing in the world. I think people overreact. There is nothing magically about Santa, there is magic in children enjoying giving to those in need. I like the fact that we don't do Santa and from a very young age of 2 my son has enjoyed giving away toys and items to children in need.

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